Last week I was pleased to reveal my list of 2013's best 10 films. But, while I would argue last year was one of the best in recent memory when it came to Hollywood producing consistently good products, there certainly were a few stinkers.

So, in order to be fair and balanced, here are the 10 worst movies - from least-worst to worst - of the 160 I saw in 2013:

10. "RIPD"

Thankfully, this horrible hybrid between "Ghostbusters" and "Men in Black" only lasted 90 minutes. Right from the start things feel rushed and lazy, especially its character development, with the film basically asking you to like Ryan Reynolds' character because he is Ryan Reynolds. Jeff Bridges plays essentially the same character he did in "True Grit," minus all the humor and personality quirks.

9. "To The Wonder"

Again, thankfully this movie didn't last as long as pretty much any other Terrence Malick-directed film. But, even at two hours in length, it drags without even so much as a plot. While using what appears to be leftover footage from "Tree of Life," Malick uses an oddly constructed timeline that bounces back and forth between the lives of characters the audience never really gets to understand or care about.

8. "Smurfs 2"

I have no problem with sequels. I have problems with sequels that basically recycle the plot of the first film. This film pretty much did that.

7. "Planes"

It was predictable and clearly made with not much of a purpose other than to make money. I have nothing against Dane Cook, but he's the last person I want voicing the lead character in a film about overcoming your fears in order to chase your dreams.

6. "The Last Exorcism 2"

The first film actually ended in a way that begged for a sequel, so I didn't mind the idea of one. But, I actually was naive and thought it may be like its "found footage" predecessor "Paranormal Activity" and continue its mythology with a sequel. With this one, no such luck, and no such found-footage gadgetry, either. Just a plain old exorcism with a supporting character from the first film being thrown into protagonist role no one wanted to see her occupy in the first place.

5. "Scary Movie 5"

Just IMDB the cast of this movie and you'll see why it was so bad.

4. "A Good Day to Die Hard"

How does one screw up the simple idea of John McClane searching for his son in a foreign country? Make Chernobyl a plot point, that's how! This film inspired what is one of the best "Everything Wrong With..." YouTube videos ever put out by CinemaSins. Physics has progressively been dismissed by the series as it's gone along, but here the oddly constructed action sequences don't even pretend that physics even exists. And then there's the whole thing with the bad guy wanting to be caught not really making a lot of logic.

3. "Big Wedding"

Who would have thought a film that mildly depended on the chemistry between Topher Grace and Katherine Heigl wouldn't work out? Even worse, who thought it was a good idea for Heigl, playing Grace's sister, to openly discuss and joke about his sex life? From experience, that's not what happens at weddings, even weddings as big as the one portrayed in this one.

2. "The Getaway"

Again, a movie whose two leads surprisingly didn't have chemistry - Ethan Hawke and Selena Gomez. Having been on my fair share of road trips, it was easy to see early on what a horrible experience the film was going to be when Gomez and Hawke had extended sequences of shouting at each other with lines that had very little variation on the "are we there yet?" routine. The car chases - or really just the film being one big extended car chase - were not engaging or shot in an appealing way. Making matters worse, Jon Voight doing a horrifyingly bad Russian accent as the film's offscreen villain was cringeworthy.

1. "Grown Ups 2"

This is the first movie I have ever experienced where the plot of the film was revealed in the opening minutes of the film unbeknownst to the viewers. While you might think the quick mention of a party is just a minor detail, the film ends up revealing that, nope, it's actually the film's end game and what the events we've been watching - which had nothing to do with the plot - were leading up to. It's not funny, has no redeeming value, and even Rob Schneider stayed away from it with his role from the first film being re-cast.

Scott Hansen is a sports reporter for the Sheboygan Press and occasional entertainment columnist for the Wausau Daily Herald who earned a Film Study minor from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He has produced a Top 10 list of movies annually, with this year's 10 worst list being his first.

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Scott Hansen column: 'Grown Ups 2' tops 10 worst films of 2013

Last week I was pleased to reveal my list of 2013's best 10 films. But, while I would argue last year was one of the best in recent memory when it came to Hollywood producing consistently good

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